Ship Essays
Posted: October 5th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Engineering, Places | Tags: Logistics, Maritime, Panama, Panama Canal, Ship, Shipping, Trade | Comments Off
In 1825, a group of American businesspeople announced the formation of a canal building company, with interests in constructing a canal system across the Isthmus. This project was to take place in an area now called Panama. The endeavor was filled with controversy.
Though the canal itself was not built until the early 1900’s every step [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: History | Tags: Martime, Ship, Titanic | Comments Off
Since 1912, when the Titanic sank on her inaugural voyage, there have been many theories behind the mystery of how this unsinkable ship ended up on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Up until now, the theory has been that an iceberg tore open a 300-foot gash in the side of the 900 foot-long luxury [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: History | Tags: Maritime, Ship, Titanic | Comments Off
When people hear the name Titanic many vivid and emotional images come to mind. Visions of the very last yet frantic final moments titanic spent afloat before sinking to its watery grave miles below the surface. No one however pictures everything that had happened before and after the great liner sank, or the passengers and [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: European History, History | Tags: Lisbon, Martime, Ship, Spain | Comments Off
On May 30, 1588, they left the Port of Lisbon confident and assured of victory. If they would succeed in victory and conquer the enemy, then they would be the sole world power. If they win they will be victors of the biggest battle the world has ever seen. The Spanish Armada, the biggest invading [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: History | Tags: Archaeology, Ship | Comments Off
Archeologists found 3 shipwrecks that show the different stages of shipwreck building and how they tried to improve in cost and in labor. Archeologists describe the different cargos, and possible explanations on how it was sunk. The archeologist also built scale models of the ship and also tries to build the original ships back and [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Crime, Maritime, Piracy, Ship | Comments Off
Piracy is usually determined as a seizure of property (ship, airplane or software) that holds no commission from the owner (“Piracy” 1). It is mostly linked to the dirty, bearded men that sailed the seven seas and robed merchant ships or ships that carried a valuable cargo. This however, was not the case in the [...]
